Who won at the North West Comedy Awards 2022?
19/01/2022 … Jason Manford, Paul Smith and Dan Nightingale were among the winners at this year’s North West Comedy Awards.
2022 Archives
Wed 19 January 2022
Out of the Krater: Comic Stephen Grant sets up new Brighton comedy club
After Komedia severed ties after 23 years
19/01/2022 … Stephen Grant is launching a new comedy night in Brighton after the city’s Komedia venue terminated his contract to run weekend nights there after 23 years.
Austin powers up...
First shows announced for Moontower Just for Laughs festival in Texas
19/01/2022 … The first shows have been announced for the first Moontower Just for Laughs Austin festival.
AC-12 interview with Boris Johnson
Line Of Duty parody to heap pressure on the PM
19/01/2022 … Boris Johnson has been quizzed by AC-12 over the Downing Street parties thrown during the Covid pandemic.
Tue 18 January 2022
Rosie Jones launches new Comedy Central web series
18/01/2022 … Here’s comedian Rosie Jones talking about her cerebral palsy, and the perfect comeback she had for schoolyard bullies.
Scotland scraps Covid rules on comedy gigs
18/01/2022 … Almost all Covid restrictions affecting comedy gigs in Scotland are to be lifted from Monday.
Daniel Radcliffe to play ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
In new biopic of the US musical comedian
18/01/2022 … Daniel Radcliffe is to play ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic in a new biopic.
In which film did Harold Lloyd hang from a clock face?
18/01/2022 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.